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NH 105633 USS YF-1079 LST-39

Photo #: NH 105633 USS YF-1079 LST-39
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Title: USS YF-1079 LST-39
Description: Photo #: NH 105633 USS YF-1079, ex LST-39 (1943-1946) Beached (on the right) in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. This November 1945 photo shows a portion of her starboard bow. Another service craft, possibly YF-757, lies sunken beyond her. LST-39 was sunk in the West Loch ammuntion explosion at Pearl Harbor on 21 May 1944. She was raised, converted to a spare parts issue barge, and redesignated YF-1079 in August 1944. YF-1079 was stricken from the Navy list in February 1946 and destroyed in August 1946. Collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 105633
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